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Liberty House
Restaurant and
Banquet Facility.
If you’re hungry for a more
traditional fare, lets take a short
walk East to The Liberty House
Restaurant and Banquet Facility.
Executive Chef Kenny Trickilo
and his staff take their guests
dining pleasure very seriously,
as they have been doing for
many years. Feel free to be
adventurous and pick from the
diverse menu, I promise you
won’t be disappointed. It may
be fairly traditional, but I love the
Sunday Brunch, that great view,
live jazz, Eggs Benedict, and a
Mimosa work for me every time,
by boat or car. There’s a good
chance you will be greeted by,
or seated by Carlo Santini, the
restaurant manager, he seems to
be there all the time and delights
in making you feel right at home.
As a matter of fact, under the
guidance of General Manager,
Orlando Ramos, the entire staff
is so friendly and attentive you’ll
feel like you’re coming home,
you know,“come in, sit, eat, drink,
enjoy!” Owner Jeanne Cretella,
reminded me that they’ll have
live summer music concerts
and classic movies on a 35 foot
outdoor screen in their beautiful
gardens again this year. The
gardens are indeed spectacular,
there is always outdoor seating
for drinks and casual dining, and
the views of the city will have
you speechless. I always enjoy Liberty House, and I think even
one visit will have you agreeing with me. Yes, I’m a fan of the
Liberty House family, meet them and you will be too.
As we leave Liberty House, walk out the back doors, and stroll
through the lush gardens toward the river. Take time for a
solemn moment at the Empty Sky September 11th Memorial,
it’s a powerful statement commemorating our tragic loss that
day. On the path to the twin stainless walls is a sculpture
created with iron girders from the original Twin Towers. A few
steps East are the walls of names lost on 911 and when you are
standing between them looking towards lower Manhattan you
are pointed to the space where the Twin Towers once stood tall,
now empty sky. It will be a moving stop along your way.
Keep going and when you get to the river look to your right
at the gateway to The Historic Trilogy of Liberty State Park, the
historic Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal, the Ellis Island
Immigration Station, and The Statue of Liberty. Step through
the doors of the Station and into history, from 1890 to 1915 this
station was the gateway to America for thousands of Ellis Island
immigrants. Catch a ferry to Ellis Island and walk the same floors
that between 1900 and 1914 saw a flood tide of 5000-7000
immigrants a day, over 12 million immigrants entered the United
States through Ellis Island from 1892 to 1954. That same ferry will
also take you to Liberty Island where you will stand before Lady
Liberty holding her torch 305 feet in the air as she has since 1886,
welcoming visitors to New York harbor, including those of us
Boating on the Hudson today. A bronze plaque at the base of the
statue reads:
Give me your tired poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless,
Tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.
Emma Lazarus
I can’t even imagine the emotions the immigrants felt coming
into New York Harbor seeing the Statue with her torch held high,
but I can tell you how happy I was to see her after a long wet slog
up the Jersey coast in an open center console, she was definitely
a welcome sight and her message is even more poignant today.
How about that, a living history excursion arrived at on your own
Sea NewYork Jet Ski